I can't remember the last time I prepared two sit-down meals in one day, let alone on a Sunday which is often one of our busiest days. But for some reason we ended up making two full meals today. After the fact we realized that our meals were very representative of our fairly new MediterrAsian […]
First Grade Language Lessons
I'm a big fan of the Ruth Beechick-style of teaching. Dr. Beechick, like Charlotte Mason, espouses using real books to teach, especially in the teaching of language. (If you're interested in reading more about Dr. Beechick's philosophy, I would highly recommend her The Three R's series for K-3rd grade and You Can Teach Your Child […]
Drawing Lessons in our Homeschool
My kids love to draw, so I've scheduled into our homeschooling day some drawing lessons. Jaden is working through Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (the workbook), and he and I have been extremely pleased with it so far. After only a week, I think his drawing has already improved. The girls are […]
The Golden Goblet (a vocabulary list/glossary)
My downloadable vocabulary list and glossary list is available free. See below. In preparation for the school year, I've been trying to read through some of the books my kids will be reading this year. One of those books they will be reading for history is the Newberry Honor book The Golden Goblet, by Eloise […]
This is why kids need to understand idioms…
Idioms – a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words. Did you think of teaching your kids how to understand idioms? This story really happened to a friend of ours when we lived in South Carolina, and I thought it was so funny, I submitted it to Readers Digest several years ago. Unfortunately, Readers […]
Outline Maps: Ancient Egypt and Greece
Free downloadable and printable maps of Egypt and Greece that are just what I needed for our study. We're studying Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece with TruthQuest history this coming school year, so of course we'll be studying their geography as well. But to do that, I need a good, basic outline map of each […]
The Puzzle Cabinet…CONQUERED!
CTC (conquering the clutter) project 2 fearfully started and successfully completed. I finally tackled the dreaded puzzle/craft/catch-all cabinet in my kitchen. Since we had a garage sale last weekend, I emptied out the cabinet and set aside all those puzzles I wanted to sell in the garage sale. Here are the stacks of puzzles we […]
Menu Plan Monday: Week of July 14
Menu plans for Mondays may finally get me back to blogging. I've been a little lacking in posts lately. It's not that nothing's been happening in my neck of the woods; on the contrary, I've been very busy. It's just that my busy-ness has led to a great deal of apathy in the blogging department. […]
Conquer the Clutter Challenge: Project #1 COMPLETED!
CTC (Conquer the Clutter) club has officially started in my home with project 1 completed! I completed my first de-cluttering today, and (ashamedly) it only took a measly 20 minutes—in other words I can't use the excuse that I haven't had the time before. I really should have done this a long time ago. But […]
Our 1st, 4th, and 6th Grade Homeschool Curriculum (Beginning of Year)
Here is our homeschool curriculum plan for our 1st, 4th and 6th graders this year. My list of curriculum to use for the next school year has evolved slowly over the last couple months. But I think—and I mean, I think—that the following list is the plan we're at least going to begin with next […]
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